Company description

Hall Brook Farm is a certified organic, commercial scale vegetable farm located in Thorndike, Maine; owned and operated by Pheonix and Megan O'Brien since 2014. Our mission statement is to, “Grow abundant, high quality organic produce, accessible to our community near and far, using practices that are ecologically, financially and physically sustainable.”

Our farm runs year-round. During the main growing season, we grow about 20 acres of produce in the field and 3/4 of an acre in our greenhouses. During the shoulder and winter seasons, we move indoors, growing and harvesting in our greenhouses and packing root crops. At peak season, we generally have around 12 employees and retain 3-4 employees year-round.

We sell directly to grocery stores from Mid-coast, Maine to Eastern, Massachusetts. We also partner with a local food bank. We focus on growing about a dozen vegetable crops in order to maintain the highest quality possible, increase efficiency and meet our market's needs. Some of our favorite crops are tomatoes, bunched greens, spinach and carrots!

We are a fairly mechanized farm - we utilize mechanical weed control for most cultivation and things like harvesters and conveyors for picking certain crops. This makes the job more efficient and also easier on our bodies, plus the satisfaction of feeling like we got a lot done at the end of the day.

The crew at Hall Brook Farm enjoys a fast-paced, efficient, team-oriented work environment. As managers, we emphasize clear and open communication, reasonable expectations, fair wages and fostering a work environment of inclusion, promotion and teamwork. We are excited to have folks who have a real interest in farming and who want to grow their skill set!

Job description

We are looking for a detail oriented, organized, methodical and friendly delivery driver to run deliveries for our farm 2-3 days a week. This a year-round position. There is also the opportunity to take on other responsibilities to make this a full-time position, if that was desirable.

Delivery days are Monday and Friday (year-round) and Wednesdays, seasonally (from July - December). Our year-round route runs down the Mid-coast to the Portland area. The Wednesday route is to Northeast Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire.

A typical delivery day in the winter months goes from 8-2:30, and in the growing season starts at 6am and wraps up around 4pm.

Responsibilities include:

• arriving to work on time wearing clean and presentable attire
• loading the produce into the delivery vehicle in an organized manner, careful to maintain the integrity of the product
• handling produce in accordance with food safety guidelines and standards
• accurately delivering produce
• invoicing and attaining signatures from customers
• editing invoices if needed

Requirements:

• driver's license required to fulfill job duties
• clean driving record required to fulfill job duties
• good organizational skills
• professional and personable attitude
• ability to arrive at farm at 6am on delivery days during peak season
• ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly above your waist
• ability to use a basic and electric pallet jack
• preferred: delivery driving experience

Compensation starts at $23/hour plus overtime, produce, workers compensation and either a "stay bonus" for part-time employment and PTO for full-time.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

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Deadline

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